Young people are particularly engaged with the twin issues of climate change and biodiversity loss and rightly so. It is, after all, their natural inheritance — and that of their likely offspring — which is being squandered.

THE last 10 months have been particularly busy, and rewarding, for Alan Costello. In April 2019, he was elected chairman of the Cork branch of Engineers Ireland.

During its decade in business, Tandem has grown to a team of 130 professionals specialising in project management, talent resourcing and engineering design.

It was hard not to groan at the news that a plan to build almost 300 homes in the Dublin suburb of Glasnevin has been turned down by the planning board.

The cost of meeting the country’s housing deficit with the construction of 500,000 homes by 2040 will exceed the current national debt, a former secretary general of the Department of Finance has warned.

More than 600,000 people in Ireland live in poor housing conditions with leaks, damp or rot while almost two million housing units will require retrofitting, according to Engineers Ireland.

There are thousands of high-end roles to fill, and more women than ever needed in leadership positions, the managing director of Brightwater Recruitment, Barbara McGrath, tells Pádraig Hoare.

The engineering profession must adopt IT and pharma’s self-promotion to attract the best talent, Cork branch chair of Engineers Ireland Pádraig Leahy tells Pádraig Hoare.

How we work and how work is viewed is changing at a breakneck pace, but some things will never change, Maureen Lynch of international recruitment firm Hays, tells Pádraig Hoare.

However, 94% of employers see a skills shortage as the main barrier to their company's growth.

Engineering and construction are among the courses that have seen the biggest rise in points in this year's CAO.

Fears at rapidly depleting water supplies with no rain forecast.

A shortage of engineers could undermine prosperity, a body representing the sector has said.

A shortage of engineers could undermine prosperity, a body representing the sector has said.

Improving our infrastructure remains a huge challenge. Failing to re-evaluate the now discredited idea of decentralisation and jobs dispersion is adding to it, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

The representative body for Ireland’s engineers has called for the establishment of a single unit tasked with the development of the nation’s infrastructure which, it says, will expedite the building of projects such as the Metro North and M20 Cork-Limerick motorway.

It remains to be seen if Fine Gael’s Leo Varadkar is capable of shaking off the complacency

A possible reduction in the number of engineering degrees offered in Irish colleges is to be considered in a review for the Higher Education Authority.

It is almost a year since the Government launched its capital plan covering 2016 to 2021. The plan received a broad if cautious welcome at the time, though the focus of attention soon switched to the budget.

Business, engineering, and technology are among college degrees that have seen the biggest rises in demand among students, latest Central Applications Office (CAO) data reveal.

IF Ireland were a house, a visitor would surely conclude that a lot of money needs to be spent on the property.

Report: Government’s spend target of 2% of GDP not enough

Career opportunities in the engineering industries in the Mid-West will be showcased at an event in Limerick next week.

Electioneering is all about snappy promises and clever sound bites. There is little space for setting out a long-term vision. There are few votes in talking about sewers, drains or reservoirs, yet our capital investment spending is likely to determine the country’s prosperity 10 or 20 years down the line.

The backers of large capital projects need to work much harder to gain the backing of the public, according to the man who spearheaded the delivery of the London Olympics in 2012.

Efforts to regain important status for a chemical engineering degree at University College Cork are continuing after management approval to fill a crucial academic vacancy.

Concerned chemical engineering students at University College Cork have been told every effort is being made to reverse the loss of accreditation for their degrees caused by a delay in replacing a professor.

The Construction Industry Council has called on the environment minister to commit to reviewing a new ‘opt out’ on statutory certification of new one-unit properties — even though the regulation only comes into force tomorrow.

Our water network is complicated and antiquated. We do not have time to stall improvements any longer, writes Caroline Spillane

Three counties — Kerry, Longford, and Roscommon — have water supply infrastructure that is in an unacceptable condition, according to a report issued by Engineers Ireland.

The staff and management of Irish Water have “an incredibly difficult task ahead of them”, according to the head of the engineering profession’s representative body, who said the true scale of the underinvestment in the nation’s water supply is only now coming to light.

Engineering is for everyone, not just for men, according to a national campaign looking to encourage more people to enter the industry.

The renovation of residential and commercial buildings could create 60,000 jobs over the next six years, according to Philip Lee solicitors.

Engineers have warned that coastal and riverside communities are in for more flood damage as cash- strapped local authorities struggle to provide adequate protections.

Career opportunities in the engineering sector are in the spotlight in coming days.

Nearly 40% of engineering firms hope to grow and hire more staff over the course of the next 18 months.

More than half of maths teachers are not convinced that the Project Maths system alone will improve exam results, a survey of 253 members of the Irish Maths Teachers’ Association finds.

A report on the state of Ireland's infrastructure will be published later by Engineers Ireland.

The number of parents emphasising the long-term value of maths to their children when it comes to their future career prospects has almost doubled in less than a year.

Up to 1,000 protesters will converge on Cork City next week as part of the bitter public opposition to the Government’s proposals to regulate septic tanks.

GOVERNMENT efforts to reverse falling maths standards will not be enough to see improvements for another decade, the head of the engineering profession has claimed.